What ever ya do, do not open the bottles and drop more sugar in. Maybe do it to one for the experience, but do it over the sink... your gonna see a volcano. Funny as heck to watch. I tried it once, but I had mixed the sugar with water to dissolve, still had the same results. Wife did not think if f...

okay cool, I had them fermenting for 3 weeks. I don't mind waiting longer for it to carb up and Condition, I just wanted to make sure it would still carb up if I waited longer. I was planning on waiting at least 4 weeks anyways to let it condition. The Recipe is (That Voodoo That You do) There is ab...

and they were 22 oz. bottles. (12 total)

I put in 2 and a half tablespoons in about a cup of boiled water then added it to the top of the LBK (since i didn't have a separate bottling bucket available) and gave it a gentle stir before bottling.

So I bottled my beers yesterday and today I realized I put in about half of what is needed for an amber ale. I used the tasty brew calculator but somehow messed up the amounts when trying to convert it into tablespoons. My question is, would it be better to pop the tops off and put more priming suga...

It depends on how old your vial is. If it's more then a month or two from manufacture date it's actually really not a high enough pitch rate to make the best beer possible in a 5 gallon batch. It will still make beer, but you can make better beer by pitching fresher yeast or making a starter. But i...

I am just wondering how you would dived the liquid yeast to match the cell count. You need to find out the cell count to pitch for your size batch Honestly, I know the whole vials are usually the right size for 5 gallon batches so I was figuring I'd use about half a vial.... Not very calculated, I ...

what do you mean by under pitching the yeast?? The Banana esters come thru at a warmer fermentation temp Not 100% sure but I've read that underpitching , or ptching about half to 3/4 of the amount of yeast you normally would helps "stress out" the yeast and help produce more banana flavor...

Yea, ive read low to mid 70s and under pitching the yeast and about half the oxygenation also helps w/ the banana (ester flavors)

Same here Banjo- guy. I ordered them on the 23rd and still haven't received them. I just tracked the shipment on the groupon site and it said its in reno waiting to be fulfilled. so not exactly sure how long it will take.

So I have a can of Mr Beer's Bavarian Weissbier HME and Im looking to modify it a bit. What are your guys's thoughts on this recipe. (Keep in mind this is a 2.5 gallon recipe) -Boiling 1 to 1.5 Gallons of water. Steeping .25 lbs Carapils (or open to other grain suggestions) for 30 mins. -Add 1 to 3 ...

What are your thoughts on this. Boiling 1 to 1.5 Gallons of water. Steeping .25 lbs Carapils for 30 mins. adding 3 lbs either Bavarian Wheat DME or 3 lbs. Golden Light DME Boil for 30- 60 mins?? Adding .25 oz of Spalter Hops for 15 mins and .25 oz of Pearle Hops for 15 mins (for flavor and aroma ins...

Sweet, then they won't go to waste

So I am getting ready to bottle my 2nd batch of Mr. Beer (That Voodoo that you do which I added .25lb of Carapils to) I have a can of the Bavarian Weissbier on deck. I was hoping some of you could help me out with some good recipes I can use to kick this HME up a notch. Thanks in advance for your in...

aww damn, no keg yet. Do you think local breweries would fill these up or do they only fill up their own growlers?